Sheffield Daily Telegraph – Monday 14 April 1919

Fatal Shock From Fall.

On Saturday, Swinton, Mr. J. Kenyon Parker held inquest on Louis Oliver (58), engine driver, Rowms Lane, Swinton, who was fatally injured the Great Central Concentration Yard, Wath-on-Dearne, last Thursday.

He was loading his tender from a coal-truck when overbalanced and fell to the ground, distance of ten feet. He was picked in a dying condition, and expired before he reached homo.

Medical evidence showed that death was due to shock, and verdict accordingly was returned.